‘Eden’ blurs the boundaries between man-made wonders and the beauty of nature. The installation is a celebration of natural elements with wondrous landscape referenced from the mythical story of the ‘Garden of Eden’.
‘Eden’ invites you to re-discover how nature can be experienced by magnifying subtle details through its organic structures, transporting you to another world unlike anything you have encountered. An all-white landscape awaits as your senses are treated to the calm & serene environment, akin to being in the grounds of a mythical temple. A pathway covered with crystal-white pebbles leads you through an arched passageway inspired by Victorian-era steel conservatory structures. It’s light, skeletal structure is a nod to the architectural and engineering marvel of the ‘Crystal Palace’; a massive cast-iron structure built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London.
In ‘Eden’, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, as elements melt and merge together becoming a single growing structure. Here, the garden passageway gives form to hanging ‘vines’ hovering above the arches, imitating stalagmites in a cave. Where vertical and horizontal vines converge to form seating areas as if they were organically grown from ancient tree roots.
通过观察,你会发现藤蔓上的精致玻璃球,就像大雨之后落在树叶上的水滴。教堂般的空间由这些高度不同的藤蔓共同构成,形成了细腻的光影效果。Jules Verne的画作“地球中心之旅(Journey to the Centre of the Earth)”的灵感便来源于伊甸园,强调了整个旅行的空间体验。
Upon closer observation, glass spheres can be seen delicately perched on the cusp of the hanging vines; echoing water droplets balancing on the edge of leaves after rain has subsided. A cathedral-like space is achieved with the varying heights of the vines casting an intricate play of shadow upon its surroundings. Jules Verne’s drawings for the ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’ provided the inspiration for ‘Eden’s’ cavernous-like quality. Enhancing the overall spatial experience of the journey.
‘Eden’ wishes to bring you to re-discover the joys of looking closer, to cause you to momentarily suspend your beliefs and become a child once again. To believe, if only for a moment, that you are actually in paradise.
建筑设计:Pamela Tan
地点:马来西亚,吉隆坡
客户:163 Retail Park
面积:154.0 m2
项目时间:2018年
摄影:David Yeow
Architects: Pamela Tan
Location: Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
Client: 163 Retail Park
Area: 154.0 m2
Project Year: 2018
Photographs: David Yeow